Ch. 1 Hazardous Materials: Overview Flashcards
______ is governing body that sets operational policy and procedures for jurisdiction in which YOU operate.
AHJ
Regulations from ___ and ___ and consensus standards from ____.
OSHA.
EPA.
NFPA
ERG-once incident goes beyond “_______”, the ERG may no longer be the most appropriate source of information.
Initial response phase
A ________ , as defined by DOT, any substance or material that is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to human health, safety, or the environment when transported in commerce, used incorrectly, or not properly contained or stored.
The term “hazardous material” also includes _________ , ______, ______, and ______.
Hazardous material
Hazardous substances.
Wastes.
Marine pollutants.
Elevated-temperature materials.
NFPA 472 is for ____ and 473 is for ____.
Responders
EMS personnel
472 includes criminal use of _______. This definition encompasses ______, ______, or ________.
Hazardous materials, such as WMD
Illicit laboratories.
Environmental crimes.
Industrial sabotage
CAS (_____________), produces largest databases on chemical information, including CAS registry, approx. _________ substances registered for use.
Chemical Abstracts Service
83 million organic and inorganic
Responding personnel must be able to _____ the substances involved in a release and ____________.
Identify.
Place them in proper context
______ is what remains after a process or manufacturing activity has used a particular substance and the material is __________.
Hazardous waste.
No longer pure
First defense against danger
Being aware of your surroundings AND observing the visual clues
____ are states that adopted OSHA.
_____ are states that have not (EPA)
State-plan states.
Non-plan states
EPA (Non-plan states) because they follow:
CFR Title 40, Part 311
3 mission-specific task in NFPA 473
ALS responder assigned to hazmat team.
ALS responder provide clinical interventions.
ALS responder treatment of smoke inhalation
HAZWOPER regulation
HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Responder
CFR Title 29, 1910.120
HAZWOPER levels
Awareness. Ops. Tech. SPECIALIST. IC
NFPA 472 persons with awareness level training
Not responders but “Personnel”.
Not typically called to the scene to respond.
Function in SUPPORT roles
472 awareness level duties
Detect the presence Identify number, placard, marking, etc. ERG Protective actions Notification process
HAZWOPER awareness level duties
No further action beyond “notifying authorities of release”
472 Operations Level
expands scope by separating core and mission-specific.
5 levels -aw, ops-core, ops-miss, tech, IC
NFPA operations level responders may end up performing a _______________ . They are also expected to work under the direct control of a ________ or _______.
Limited suite of technician level skills.
Hazmat technician or allied professional
HAZWOPER regulation states ops level responder must be trained to ______________, ______________, ____________.
Respond in a defensive fashion,
Without actually trying to stop the release,
While avoiding contact with the product
Technician 472 vs HAZWOPER
472 “control” a release.
HAZWOPER “stopping” a release.
Technician under 472 intended to supervise.
Technician function at a higher level in terms of COGNITIVE approach
For EPA, __________ (SARA) created _______ and also SARA Title III, ____________ (EPCRA).
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Standardized training for hazmat response and hazwaste site operations.
Emergency Planning and Community Right to know Act (EPCRA).
EPCRA for _____ to report chemicals to _____ and ______.
Businesses.
Fire department.
Local emergency planning committees.
Gathers and disseminates information about hazmat to the PUBLIC.
Voluntary organization.
Established to meet requirements of EPCRA and SARA
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
SDS from MSDS to be more in line with ______, who intends to create a standard methodology to define and classify hazards posed by chemical substances
GHS Globally Harmonized System
Acts as liaison between local and STATE levels of authority
State Emergency Response Commission (SERC)
For the most part, a Hazmat/WMD emergency requires:
Time.
Forethought.
Planning.
The ______ and __________________ dictate the tactics and strategy.
Nature .
Circumstance of the response
The goal of the __________ is to FAVORABLY change the outcome of the hazardous material/WMD incident. This is accomplished by________ and by _________________ based in the level of training.
Emergency responder
Sound planning.
Establishing safe and reasonable response objectives
Actions taken at a hazardous material incident are largely dictated by ______ and __________.
Chemicals involved.
The way they behave during the release
Goals for awareness level personnel are:
Recognize.
Isolate.
Call.
NFPA _______ covers 5 levels:
1072. Awareness. Ops-core. Mission specific. Tech. IC
Hazmat technicians will approach the point of release so as to _____, _____, or _________ a hazardous materials emergency.
Plug.
Patch.
Otherwise mitigate
